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the port of Sunderland' complaining of the Reciprocity Duties I Act, and praying for a protecting duty on foreign shipping. I Sir M. W. RIDLEY said that all matters connected with the navigation of the country deserved the utmost attention of the Howe. He stated that since the passing of the Recipro city Act the number of foreign shipping entering our porta hid been increased in a pro Portion much greater than the increase of our own. •'Mre 'HEATHCOTE said that all the other .States of Europe Were outstripping this country in the amount of shipping en gaged in the carrying trade. He found that the very countries with whom we hadionned reciprocity treaties were those which bail exceeded us in the -number of ships so employed. This de served the attention of the President and Vice-President of the Board of Trade, end he hoped the House would have sonic expla nation from these Right Hon. Gentlemen, who he was sorry to see wereetot in the House. Mr.- SYKES concurred in the necessity of immediate attention being given to such an important subject.- • Mr. BARING ',said, it wee to be regretted that no Member of his Majesty's Government wee in the House to explain their view's upon this eubject. He had given his support to these meusures, but certainly the experiment had been, as tar as it event, unfavourable. He wished to hear front the Right Hon. President 4,f the Board of Trade, whether any other circumstauces had eaused this apparent elieedvantege to our shipping under the new regulations r e it was et question not only of national wealth, but of nationalpower and independence. Mr. ROBERTSON was glad to see that Gentlemen opposite were beginning ter see the • evil effects of the course they had pur sued, and hoped they would retrace their , steps. Mr. HUME was not fur retracing the steps which the Reese had taken, but for following them up, by taking off the taxes upon shipping. Unless they did this, the trade of the country must be destroyed. Mr. IRVING said that the foreigner hail an advantage over the. ship-owner of this country in the cheapness of his meterials, and in the manning and fitting out his vessels. The carrying trade would necessarily pass cant of our hands under Ode eireurnetaecee, if we were placed upon an equal footing with regard to duties. — The petition was ordered to be printed. . Mr. PA IV LETT preeented petitions from Darlington and Barnard Castle, praying for the Abolition of Slavery. on the table. A similar Petition was presented by Sir ,W. Rowwor from (ireenhaut, in .Suffulk.--eLsill on the table. . Sir W. Rowans: presented a Petition from a Hundred in the • county of Suffolk against any alteration in the Corn Uwe.— • Laid on the table. Sir J. AsTr.rs 'presented A Petition from , the, Coroners ,of Wiltshire, praying for an encreabe of their ellowence , t.—taid on the table. - Petitions were presented Om various places, praying for the Abolition of Slavery. .- Mr. Hume presented a 'Petition' from the Shipowners and Shipmasters 6f the Port -of Montrose, complaining of the Light Dues.—Laid on the table. Also a Petition from certaiu individuals, whose names we did not bear, Prayiug the House to pass an Act for releasing all per, sons confined upon charges of blasphemy; and to make it thelai of England, in future, that no man should be punished for hold, ing, maintaining, or propagating any religious opinion whatever. The Hon. Member held it to be disgraceful to the country that sto many persons should now be otitis/id upon charges of this nri . ' Sure. He theught the Right Hon. Secretary for the Home De partment had acted most properly and liberally in releasing Mr. Carlile ; and he could trot under tualtow others Gould be kept in confinement atler lie had been released. Mr. Secretary PEEL said, that there was a difference in the case of Carlile from that of the other persons, inasmuch as he had suffered the imprisonment awarded by the law for his crime,' and ' had then been continued in prison for - the ran-payment of a fine.; He had considered the further imprisonment equal to the fine, and lasd ordered his release upon that Otte& Mr. Sergeant ONSLOW said, that hit was as much the friend of religious freedom es any man; btt.t lie would not tolerate im piety and blasphemy under filename of 'religion, and he hoped the law would continue to punish and repress those crimes. • •••.•;4. 't."e' , 1 , 4 , The Petition was ordered to be printed e . Mr. INNES presented a Petition from the farming Spcieey of Inverness, against any alteration in the system of Scotch Cueriet. —Referred to the Committee., ' Mr. Alderman T IiOrtIPSON -moved far a return of tite number of Gallons `of SPirits manufactUred in Englere‘.4piti, which exciee duties line: been paid in the three years previinee'tei the sth of October, 1ti215,• end theisame foe Scotland anti Jreleiid. —Ordered. 'e' Several Petitions were presented, - -praying for a revision of the Corn Laws. . • Mr. SYKES presented .a Petition from a• place in Lincolnshire, in favour of the abolition of Slavery .f 4 , Mr. LYNDSAY presented a Petition from the. Ship-owners of Dundee, complaining of the charges for the Northeen Lights. —Laid oo the table. .• e • , Aldo a Petition front refer, preying the Abelition'Of Slavery. —Laid on the table. • „ THE' NEW • COURTS : • Mr. A*RCROMUY , presented a ; Pe/titian front 6.qiieC: Farquharattni ,compleinieg that the Petitioner having lair; Wit is the itebrt,ef eeportieg . peoceedings in the. Centres of Egeity; tar pareursirefore the f.',ourt, end fora Morning Newepaper,,hed been ex.chiffeellittn the' new Court just opened at Westipitener, The Hon. and Learned Member said he knew nothing Of. die Pets of this case beyond what watietated in the Petitien.'` Tie supposed' - that tieneoffietr, who had excluded the Petitioner from the Court had misunderstood .hisearders, for it would be 'eie treluely singular. that Reporters should be admitted to ill the other Courts and exeluded from this. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL Sethi that the conveniences of the new Court did not • certainly attain to the max ;Mien of per fection. Ha understood their was a difficulty of finding a place where the Repartee could sit. Mr. SCARLETT complained of mismanagement in time struc ture of the Courts. Iry the Court-of Exchequer, which wait the • largest of them, every defect of. the ancient Oourt of Exchequer was copied with is degree of exactitude which was truly astonish ing, The public money was squandered away in useless passages, unnecessary galleries, , frivolous end oonteniptible ornaments, to uti amount -that would *We ~,baen,: p tifficiott to complete an adequate building. He paetiquipelyelfacted to the passage built nerallel to iCreatminster Hell„ es useless and inconvenient In the extreme. The.CHANCELLOR of the EXCIII , ,QUER felt called upon to say a few words in reply to the lion, and Learned Gentleman's charge upon the eo tutu ett'efth &architect. Aboneitix pewit ago, when. Cita' phut for the new building was first made out, it was generally understood as most desirable that there should be a direct emit utenicition betweint theCoorte and Westminster Hall; and the pvieagr'tif .which the !lone cientleinan, so much complained was eel eeoefeet a matter of the Oreissi onvenienCe, 'and almost of necee site. pr rrioni allotted fns Was Consequently much cir cumscriber& and the gentletrian who undertook it .was placed in cir co metrinier of extreme ditßnity as not haviug sufficient space allowed fir the , Mrpecteel work, and also as having to direct his attention to ouch a diversity of opinions when so nanny were to be consulted. It was impossible for hint to be aware of the ,feelings of each individual. Ile could not eall'upon them to appoint a Committee for the pur pose of instructing him t but-he asked thespinione of the .Judges, he eeceived their directionseand Made alterations in his plan ace voiding to the suggestions given him. (the Chancellor of the Exehequer) had the honour to acCoPpany the Hon. Gentleman (Or. Seerlett) himself through the works, and took his opinion upon them. As to the passage parallel to Westminster Hall, he sewer understood it to be & convenience ; but though its eree tion should be wrong, the architect was yet not responsible tea. the error; for how could Mr. Soane act but according to the • teetructione which lie received? He would venture to say that tattier was scarcely a matt in England who could do so much in the same space, and he therefore regretted the strong language con tained in the speeds of the Hon. Gentleman. Mr. SCARLov explained. , ' Sir M. lUDLEY said, that the words of the Chancellor' of the F.xcheque completely stiatifled Some. It was, however, to' be laMeteredJhat all were. prechnhel from competition ' in w orks of this kind, except the archit ecta o f the B o a rd of Trade. lh matters .nugb,t rather -to be conducted according to the impartial mode of proceeding' in the Universities when thnre;was a , eteeee b e for prise, anti that all competitors ought ti hr 'allowed to• semi in, their plans, with a particular seal !if. i: / ed to each. Ile instanced eeveral architect,', wham names and vieirks would have hen for ever lint to the world but for etecidentel ,e tTeeto seeeret, which brought their merit into public notice—as in gists o f she builder of the Church of Little- Chelsea-.-of Mr. Harrieon, of Ches ter, and many others. WIC' COLUMN' said a few words. SIMM th E e R thought whicht' had been expended upon rroseoxitsidering moileY . 'tfe dill thought it not inileheible that other Courts might be built , and that the healing might be advantag y take oeouslceae. empiloyeto d ter e emmittee roo ms of the bowie. He would on lisireefeeelle eeeeed of the Committee Which before at to colluder teeeetieedionteee ouch Ark aerangement• Mr. ABERGROMBY expressed his setisfaction at the security vehicle they had, that the excluaion of Reporters wee not directed by authority. The Petition was then ordered to be printed. Mr. CALCRAFT presented a Petition from the Protestant Dissenters of Wareham, praying for the enjoyment of shailar privileges with the Protestant Dissenters of Ireland,s-eOrdered to be printed. \ Mr: BERNAL presented a Petition frem the inhabitants of one of the West India Islands, praying for relief in their dis tressed circumstances, and stating that while pecuniary grants had been made to the inhabitants of other islands, none had been made to them. That they were willing to adopt an arrange ment for ameliorating the condition of the slaves ; and that they would gladly resign their agricultural' property to this country, on receiving compensation. He was aware that this Petition • could not be received without the concurrence of the Chancellor of the. Exchequer, which he hopes! would not be withheld. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that in a late conversation with the Hon. Gentleman he stated that he did not think himself authorised to advise the Crown to accede to the prayers of the Petitioners. To receive their Petition would be only a delusion to them, as giving hopes of ulterior measures, which, however much he regretted their condition, he did not think it right to recommend. USURY LAWS. Mr. Sergeant ONSLOW rose to propose the second reading of this bill. • Mr. CALCRAFT, as we understood, wished to know if it was the intention of his Majesty's Government to allow this bill to go to a second reading. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER thought that an impOrtant measure like the present had better be postponed until r.oxt session. He put it entirely on the ground of time, as he thought the present period was not favourable to enter into a dis cussion on the bill. Mr. PHILIPS said that this measure had been so frequently poitponed by his Majesty's Government s that he almost despaired of its ever becoming a law. The 'result - had seen that the .Learned Sergeant had never had a fair Opportunity of discussing the merits of this Bill, which had cost much labour and great personal in convenience. Mr. Sergeant ONSLOW observed', RAO he 110 not complain so much of the, wrsellal itleerrettimea to which the frequent postponement of this measure had' deetiliVoned him; as that it pre cluded him from havine•the etiestien fairly brought for ward. He hat? first introduced the measure to the notice of the House in' the year 1816, and he. had laboured ever since to forward it.—(Heur, hear !)—With regard to . a further post panement, he should abide the pleasure of the House. Thia was a Bill which should have emanated in the first instance from Government, and not from in . individual. It had been its fate to meet with nmch opposition, although many. gentle- Alen who at first opposed it were now its warmest supporters. The measure had made many converts, and he could not :but help regretting that it had 'not been long sincenarried.. •If lids Majes ty's Minister had given it their support, lie could not but feel that much of the misery which the country' was doomed to witness last November and December would have been spared.---(Hear !)_lf his Majesty's Ministers would themselvesbring forward the motion, or propose a similar measure, its expediency being generally ad mitted, he would at once decline proposing the present Bill, and would support such a measure. • '''Mri'PEA:L thought it better to postpone the measure for the preaent: He aid 'not think that the inquiries which were at•pre pot pn foot' respecting promissory-notes would be at all assisted by the agitation of the questitin. "Promissory-notes would be affected ,by this bill, and he therefore thought it prudent to defer it until,a future period: lie thouglir iywould be 'highly inexpedient, to mew thelneasure at present, cud as his Right Hon. Friend had suggested to Ptisipoiiit luntil nOtt - Session, his Majesty's limiters would, 'luring the Teem, consider how far the measure might be sid, MO) •' • ' considered e: iienr;4...eat- Mr.' 'Sergeant ONSLOW begged to inform • the:right !Hon. Secretary that great inconvenience was daily experienced in the thy '-and :elsewhere, in cousequenee of the 4ixistenee of the ww ry lawn. The bill was then withdrawn until next session. • FUNDING OF EXCHEQUER BILLS. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved that the House resolve itself into n Committee of Ways and Means. The Speaker having left the Chair, The, CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER paid, that , he roils to propose certain resolutions respecting tne funding o f Exchequer-bills, a measure which ,has„ been adopted by His MNesty's ministers for the purpose of relieving the Bank from is portion of tiwadvances which hall been made to Government, and • Ali*lnlshisig- the amount of Exchequer bills already in the aniarke4, pnrsuance of that plan, Government had, in the course of lest week, sent a proposal to the Bank, stating the atattire of the measure, awl explaining that It was intehded• to fund Exchequer Bills, by creating a new stock, which 0401 four per cent.% tiXiK the ammtnt of stock at 1071. for each sub , scriptibu of 100/. Exchequer 13111, or 10s. cash ; and it was further proposed, in i urder444,o,ake k proposition more acceptable to the parties who mighfpnt.elve t ,that the four per cents. should not be redeemable in,iajessathOil then seven years. In consequence of this measure, books were opened at the Bank on Wednesday last, and it was fixed that OnOtkterest shotiia'commenee on the sth of April current, and that the fitst payment should be made on the 10th • of October next. Theresult would yield 'bonus of two per cent.: 'the total amount proposed to he subscribed for was 8,000,0001. 1 He was happy to state that the measure had been most successful; 8,000,0001. or nearer 9,000,0001., had been purchased, and he had no doubt, that if the transaction had not been dosed, j at atilt greater amount would have been subscribed for. All that remained now was, to state the charges which would be created by this funding of Exchequer 'Bills, and to propose the resolutions which be meant to submit to the House. The addition thus made to the funded debt would be 8,560,0001., the interest on which would amount to the annual anal of :142 • 100/., ,the addition of the oinking fund would be 5,6001., not upon the stock creat ed, as the only sinking fund necessary would be one per mut. upon the funding and capital created, making a total of 850,368/. including 2,868/. for the management of the concern. The two sums of 5,6001. and the 2,868/. he did not mean to meet by the levying of a new tax, but he proposed to place it to the account of the consolidated fund, accordin,,- to his fernier proposal, when he brought forward the Budget. It was not necessary for him to go further into explanation, as it wag not probable that the House would, be disinclined to confirm a bargain which was so fair for the Government and the country. The Right Hon. Gentleman concluded by moving several resolutions approving • the details of the contract offered to the Kily:l-Rws for the .ew stock. These readations merely repeated the condition of the subscription, which have been ulready given in this paper. , On the first part of the resolution being put, Mr. IRVING. asked (as,we understood) whether any arrange ment hail been made for including iu the payment# to he made to the Bank the sums they bad disburel in the purchase of Excite mieta.bills in the early part of the year ? • • The CHANCELLOR of the I',XCIIEQ,UEII replied, ,that undoubtedly tho Bank wookt be ,paaoli at the lim it emiiiinient time, and the, present arrangement -,avoubl enabl;! the 'o6Vern ment to do an, but the.payMpts would ''te 'lna& at such!times and moder,sitelt eireuinitme4o4 the eurretnet and the deMands of the liank'wiitadt rew4er l'edesitible to the;: Go vernment and:useful to the country ; , Mr. IllWaiiimvidp aOw thaurvatiOlp) I)ut theYt •e olly' • • th ey wh . inaudible in4 1 48(4 1 " , Y.• ,t, - Major 411ApEals • asked 'qa‘iiiihtu AkitetAiliat inionnt. of sinking rdir tAil i nfted Otair'stiacWla The CHANCELLOit•oLthe! EXOHEQUgIt Said that it would .not be race:Nit tti,preate a sinking AS for 8,000;000/. The only, sinking,,,fpotatich it would be accessary to provide, would be for the attmerice between 8,000,006/. ''Of Exchequer.: em s , as un f un ded debt, and the new stock to be created in lieu of them. The principle of the sinking fund was, that it should go on to accumulate !at compound interest until it made one per cant. upon the whole debt, funded and unfunded; but these Exchequer Bills bad been already provided for in that way, as unfunded debt ; so that the only thing to be now provided would be for the difference between the 'amount of those bills as Unfunded debt and the stock which they !mule when funded. Sir J. WROTTESLEY (we believe) wished to know whether any precise time Was fixed for their payment to the Bank? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that no precise time was fixed, nor was the Government under any obli gation to pay at a fixed time. He could not therefore state any particular period at which the repayments would be made. If circumstance rendered it necessary for the Bank to demand the money .at an early period, it would of course he ready for them; hat it was intended that the paymente should he made us the state of the currency and other circumstances should require. Sir J. WROTTESLEY asked what was to become of the surplus which would thus remain in the bands of Gavernment, provided it were 'not found nectielary to make .the repayment of the greater part to the Bank? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied, that the drat of that would be, to render a smaller issue of Exchequer Bills by the Government ueeessuty than might otherwise be re quired. . . Sir V. 0511 TANEY wished to know whether a preference in the subscription for the new stock was not given to those who offered money rather than to those who went with Ezehe tiner-bille? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in answer, said, he was not aware that he luul, said any thing about iv preference to he given to any party. The conditions on which the new stock was to h! issued were known to the public on Wednesday last. But he had no objection to lay before the house an account of the nature of the subscriptions for the stock, distinguishing the amount of Exchequer-bills from that in cash. The other parts of the resolutions were now put and agreed to. The house resumed, and the report was ordered to be re ceived to-morrow. CRIMINAL JUSTICE BILL. On the motion of Mr. Secretary Pm the Criminal Justice Bill was re-committed. The first clause of the Bill (purporting to ascertain who were to be admitted to bail on a charge of felony, and who were not) having been read, Mr. Secretary PEEL said, it was most important that it should be understood what were the powers of Committing Magistrates ; and to ascertain those powers was the object of the first clause of the Bill. It contemplated several cases.— The first was when a party was brought before two Justices, and charged with felony upon evidence conclusive as to the fact, and the truth of which they had no reason to doubt, in such case their duty was to commit the party charged.— The second case supposed a criminal under the same circum stances brought before a single Justice, and such Justice had power to order further detention of the prisoner, until he was committiil by twO. In the third case, if a prisoner were brought before two Justices, charged with felony upon evidence which, though not sufficiently full to induce a conviction of the party's guilt in the minds of the Justices, might yet be such as rendered it proper that the accused should undergo a trial in Court, the bill gave power to admit the prisoner to hail. It was verfmate rial, under sufficient safeguards for the detention of offenders, to increase the powers of committing Magistrates ; and this not mere ly from a due regard to personal liberty, but also because it was much to be feared that no individual came out from the walls of it prison a better or more virtuous man than he entered them.— One word was added to the clause, which he considered of extreme importance—namely, the word "credible," by which he left it to the discretion of tae Magistrates to judge of the credit to he attach ed to the tesOmoey of a witness, and indirectly gave Magistrates an indication'of their, duty. To two Magistrates he gave power to bail for alleged crime, where they did not give full credit to the evi dence laid before them ; while a single Magistrate under the same circumstances had power to remand the prisoner for a re-hearing, upon which in conjunction with 'a second Justice he was autho rized to take bail for his appearance. Every one, indeed, was aware that the Justices of the Court of King's Bench possessed a discretionary power to admit to bail persons charged with felony ; but the application for that purpose was attended with expense and inconvenience, which made the speedier remedy of the Bill a preferable measure of relief. Mr. SCARLETT said, that, in point of fact, Magistrates had already, on many occasions, exercised the power of admitting per sons to bail in doubtful cases. Mr. DENMAN agreed • with his Honourable and Learned Friend, that the discretion must in all cases rest with the Ma gistrate. As to the word " credible" in the Bill, it was liable to some ambignity--differitig in technical meaning from its ordinary acceptation. In the popular sense, a witness might be perfectly " credible," and yet not so according to the legal import of the word. To instance in one case the evidence of an accused man would be inadmissible, even though the Judges believed every word that he uttered. Here was a variance between the popular and technical meaning of " credibility." Again it would be well if in another part of the clause, the magistrates' power were not to remand, but to discharge the prisoner. Mr. Secretary PEEL said, that the most' materiul.alteration 'in the 13111 was already stated, and he proposed' to ' reprint it. The word " credible" was restricted to its ordinerY , sense by. being coupled with the word " positive." The language of the Bill was " credible and positive testimony." The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said, thiglwbisteveropipion the Magistrate might entertain, he was yet bound to commit the pri soner, if the facts alleged were stenrn to. Hiii=Hokr:atill SAatiamt Friend must be aware that " credible" in its , technical', sebsimwsss, contra-distinguished from " competent." •:, n ; Mr. H. 'MISS suggested, that no trial for felony should take place until the examinations for 'the trial were actually in Court. Mr. Secretary FEEL objected to the suggestion as opening a door to collusion, If the Judge had not Ja discretionary power of proceeding to trial, the messengers bringing: the de positions into Court might be tampered with so as to defeat the mule of justice. The elatisi l Was agreed to. ' ,On the Chinos not to , commit for misdemeanour Indent the depositions should be takiai as in cases of felony.— Mr. Secretary 'PEEViaid he hoped the Committee wonW have no objtOottio' this provision as a safeguard , to the liberty of the` 'subject; he admitted the ~clause.. Was altogether a new one;-41.0nd cheers.)—These deposition* , shotdd be transferred to 'the Court where the offence was tried, :40 though it gave perhaps a little' more trouble to the Magistrate", be had not the least doubt the Magistrates would accede to 'this ,point. Upon the next clause, Mr. PEEL hoped he should shortly be able to present a Bill for abolishing the distincticm between clergyable and not clergyable felony ; which clause was also agreed to. On the clause for punishing accesories before the fact in cases of felony as principals, Mr. SCARLETT observed Reit it was not an exact conic quence, that when principals were punishable by a certain mode of punishment, every accessory before the fact was in strictness liable to the same punishment. Mr. Secretary PEEL said, that in many ceases the accessory before the fact was more culpable than the principal, as in the ease of offenders who employed boys in the act of burglary, in order to enter houses and open the door and admit felons.. This at least was not a case deserving exemption from the ordinary operation of law. He, did not in this CM attempt to introduce any new capital felony. The object put forth iu many felonies was often much less culpable than the felon who stood behind the curtain. However,' if necessary, he should have no objection to the temporary recommitment of the Bill, but still retaining this clause in it. The Clause was agreed to. The next Clause enacted that any felony committed within five hundred yards of the boundary of any two counties was triable in either county. Mr. SCARLETT opposed the Clause as pregnant with many inconveniences. Mr. Secretary PEEL supported it, on the ground that hitherto many impediments to justice turd been occasioned by doubts as to the right to try the offender in that particular county in which he had been arraigned. The Clause was agreed to. The next Clause entered that felonies committed in any stage coach might be indicted in any county through which such stage coach passed. This, after a few words, was agreed to. ' / Several other clauses were then read and agreed to. On the, clause being read which provides thit omissions or inaccuracies merely formal in indictments, 'shall not avail to set aside judgmune.., • , • Mr. SCARLETT objected that the preamble of the clause which stated, that undue attention had been heretofore paid to Such formal,ohjections, seemed to convey an unmerited censure upon the Judges: lie added a variety of other arguments against tile clatiee;': the whole of which were of a legal or tech nical nature. A very long conversation upon the Clause ensued, which was altogether of a technical nature. The Clause was then agreed to. The Clauses having been agreed to, the Bill passed through the Committee. The House then resumed. The report was received and ordered to be taken into consideration on Friday next. LARCENY LAWS BILL Mr. Secretary PEEL rose on the order for further consi deration of the Report of the Larceny Laws Bill, and stated that the measure, amended as it had been, was still in want of further improvement. The Right Honourable Gentle man therefore proposed to recommit the Bill, and introduce those amendments which he considered necessary. His alterations would apply to that class of crime which produced the destruction of property. Desirous of making the Bill as perfect as possible, it was not his intention to bring it into a law without due consi deration. Ile should therefore let the Bill stand over the recess with a view of calling upon the House to pass it next Aesion. The Bill was then re-coinmitted. Mr. Secretary PEEL adverted to the crime of sacrilege, to which a capital punishment in all cases is attached. He wished to make the crime liable to capital punishment only in the case of breaking and entering a church and stealing therein. With respect to stealing in the dwelling house, it was a capital felony to steel to the amount of forty shillings, and his intention was, to increase the forty shillings to five pounds. The punish ment of transportation applied to stealing fish in a pond, and the Right Hon. Gentleman proposed to except the Angler from that severity of the law. Several years transportation for fishing with a rod in a Fish Pond was severe, he therefore proposed that any person who caught fish by angling in a pond or stream, which was private property, should be compelled to give his name, and be subject to a penalty of 20/. if he gave a false name. The punishment for angling without permission was to be payment of three times the value of the fish taken away. The Right Hon. Gentleman also proposed a judicious alteration of the law as it stands with respect to deer stealidg. When that law was put in a juxta position tvith other laws, it appeared harsh. All his intended amendments would however be better understood printed in the bill. Thirty pages would contain the whole Statute Law of England relating to larceny. The Com mittee would perhaps allow his amendment to be printed, and the further consideration of the bill to be postponed. Mr. DENMAN had never been able to consider the amount of property stolen, at all material, In considering the punishment due to the offence of stealing in the dwelling-house. The crime of stealing a pocket book worth ten shiilings, was as criminal as stealing one of the value of 10001. He could see no difference in the crime. Mr. ESTCOURT was happy to find that his Right Hon. Friend intended to alter the law which allowed persons to search houses for deer. Mr. SCARLETT could note admire all the alterations made in the law by the Right Hon. Gentleman ; but considered him entitled to the thanks of the House and the public for many ex cellent efforts to improve defects in the law, which had long existed. Mr. Secretary PEEL said he had done all he could to avoid the severity of punishment, by the introduction of secondary punishment. The Amendments having been introduced, the House resumed. —The Report was received, and ordered to be considered this day se'nnight. The Insolvent Debtors' Act was read the third time and passed. The other Orders of the Day were disposed of, and the House adjourned at One o'Clock. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(THIS DAY.) NOTICES OF MOTIONS. 1. Mr. Woolrych Whitmore—Motion regarding the Corn Laws. 2. Sir Francis Burdett—List of all Causes that have been heard by. the Lord Chancellor timing the last eighteen years, wherein Judgment has not yet been given, specifying the • time when.heard, comprising all Petitions in cases of Bank ruptcy already heard, but not decided. 3. Mr. flutrie2—Returna of the number of Appeals froth the Colonies to the Appeal Courts since the Pence. 4. Mr. Hume—hist of Debtors in the Prisons in Great Britain. 5. Mr. Croker—Bill to enable persons to make title of premises sold to Directors of Greenwich Hospital. 11. Mr. Goolburn—Bill to Amex*, the hurs of Ireland, rela. tive to Trustees. 7. Alt. Goulhurn—Bill. to enable Bishops and others in Ireland to make provision for the repair of Cathedral Churches.. 0. Sir Thomas Acland—Bill to explain and amend Act 51i Geo. 3, c. 139, regulating the binding of Parish Appren. tices, 9. Mr. Martin (of Galway)Bill to prevent the cruel and im proper treatment of Dogs. ORDERS THE DAY. 1. Local Jurisdictions (Ireland) Bill—Committee. 2. .Manor Court* ( Ireland) Bill—Report. • 3. Impounding of Cattle (Ireland) Bill—Committee. 4. Debut: and Creditor Arrangement'Bill--Further consicleit tion of Report. , • 5. Customs Collection 11111—FUrther consideration of Repitit.': ti. Excise havtis Amendment Bill—Committee. • ' 7. Ways and Meaps—Report. 8. Clerkship Enrolments 9. Quarter-masters Bill—Committee. 10. Valuation of Ireland Dill--Committee. 11. Supply- • . Further consideration of Resolutions (postponed •28ti March.) 12. :Civil Bill Process (Ireland) Bill—Report. . 13. rinpkeeper's Bill—Report. 14..Ristillation (Scotland) Bill—Third reading. I,i. Skin Duties Repeal Bill -Report. 16. Disembodied Militia Bill—Second reading. 17. Assessed Taxes Composition Bill—Report. President of Board of Trade Bill—Report. •19. Fishery Bounties (Ireland) Act—Report thereupon. 20. Exchequer Bills (Public Works) Bill—Committee. PRIVATE Bitt..--:(Seeand Ileadingfin This Day.) Egitant School . Estate. IiOTTCVS GIVEN YESTEIMAY. Wed?lmlay, April 19. I. I‘ord Visiount Ehrington—ti continue and perpetuate Act MI Geo. 34 for facilitating the recovery of Alerchant &amens' NVages . 2. Mr.. 1.1111. (of Dublin)—Bill.to, prevent the wilful and mali cious destruction of (}welling-Imuset; in Ireland. '.Prielaii, April 21.. •. 1. Mt. I Slpt9ii , ,ltjffr-ja tlttnf .in Committee on Church Rates (14411.nd 111 Th a'C Cl ' a'ns tiripoWering the Protestant Parish. iiii*in to MiketS. the respective'Parishes for assisting towards the 'building, enlargement, nod repairs of Preshyterian Meet ing4tottilleil• anti Roman Catholic Chapels. 2. ' ille.llrittlan—ln Committee on Church Rates (Ireland) Bill u t intipilitce a Clause for enabling Parishes to relieve the pop inlF l epain cases. 3. *jr, John Newport—ln Committee on Church Rates (Ire. ~r , R. 4,, to repeal 4 (lea. 4, c. QB, s. 5, concerning repairs O . Itie Church of an adjoining Parish. ...••••••••••••••••••••••••■•••••••....Mirm. THE MONEY MARKET. [From a Morning Paper.] CITY, MOSDAT EVENING Various have been the rumours as to the amount of the Funding which has taken place to-day, but we believe the anxiety of most of the Subscribers has not been relieved, for so late as eight o'clock, the amount had not transpired at the Bank, and it was stated, at the Cashier's Office, that the public would no\ have the desired information until to-morrow. Early, however, in the day, as soon as the time of receiving the subscriptions ha( expired, reports as to the amount subscribed were circulated • the first sum named exceeded 18 millions, the second 9,200,000/. and last of all it was stated that the subscription did not exceed 8,500,00/. Although it was generally known that the amount had not transpiied, yet the feeling on the Stock Exchange ap peared to be, that the subscription barely exceeded the sum re quired, and this was on the general theme. In consequence of this a sudden rush took place to sell both the Scrip of the New 4 per Cents. and Consols ; the Scrip suddenly declined from pm. to par, without an intervening price, and Consols from 791 to 79i. The reasons alleged for this sudden fall were, that many of the persons on the Stock Exchange had written for a nnich larger quantity than they expected to obtain, anticipating a larger amount of subscriptions than appeared to have been given in ; but when they found the sum exceeded the amount required, in so trifling a degree, they conceived that each individual would have nearly the full amount of his subscriptions apportioned to him, and as in many cases this exceeded their wishes four-fold, hence the cause of the eagerness to sell ; it really appeared at first, as if every one was a seller; from this anxiety to get rid of what they. only 3 hours before were so eager to obtain , s p run g the decline of price in the sudden manner we have de scribed. Exchequer. Bills have varied from Os. to 9s. pm., and dosed at Be. path ; India Bonds 6s. pm. In the Foreign market the South American Funds continue in a depressed state: Colombian Bonds have declined to .89i Mexican 60. to i; Peruvian Bonds have rather improver' hopes being entertained that some lig ht will be thrown or affair of the dividends not being paid b y the Peruvian Minis. in this country, who is very desirous to afford every information upon the subject. It has been un derstood that there are four years dividends in the hands of the Contractor or Agent in Lon don, and the Minister evinces considerable anxiety, that the money affairs of his Governme nt should be fully investigated, Greek Bonds are 14; count ; Spanish Bonds, ; Frenc a h Rentes, 6f. ch tinge, Russian Bon nd 9 75 t ; for Ex the Ac 15f. 60c. In Shares there appears little doing ; Anglo-Mexican Mining Shares, 25A dis. ; Brazilian, 61 dis. ; British Iron, 18i dis. ; Pasco Peruvian, 10i die. ; Tlalpuxahua, 11 die. ; United MexiCan, 5 dis. ; Alliance Fire, i dis. ; Protector Fire, 1 dis. The first meeting of the Hampshire Club, took place at the Thatched House, on Saturday, WALTER LONG, Esq. in the chair. Among the members pre sent were Lord Palmerston, Mr. Justice Gaselee, Mr. Sturges Bourne, Sir Charles Hulse, Sir John Pollen, and Mr. Ashton Smith. The 44 Gentleman high in the Opposition" who is to offer himself for Newark at the next Election, turns out to be Mr. Cobbett I A Correspondent informs us, that at the " Feast of the Gridiron," on Thursday, the sth instant, it was mentioned that Mr. Cobbett would preside at a dinner at Newark, on his return from Edinburgh, in May, and that Sir Thomas 'Beevor, and " several• independent gentlemen of Newark and the neighbourhood" would assist him in canvassing that borough.—(StanVord Mercury.) NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. We learn by the Sierra Leone Royal Gazettes which reached us yesterday, that his Majesty's ship Maidshmo, Commodore Bau.sit, had arrived at that anchorage on the 11th of December from leeward, after an absence of seven months• The whole of the squadron under his orders had been most actively ) employed, and no less than fourteen slave vessels had been cap tured,whose united tonnage amounted to 1690 tons. The Maid stone boarded, amongst other French vessels, a corvette, fully manned and armed, which had sailed originally with 1000 human victims on board, but had, previously. to the Commodore's falling in with her, put 250 on board another vessel. Accounts hid been received at Sierra Leone from his Majesty's ship Braien, that the Officers coMposing the mission for es.o. , ploring the interior of Africa had separated. ,Dr. Dickson landed • at Whydah on the 21st.of November , for thiiirjauseof the Capital of . the King of Dahomey, and of obtaining his in fluence for the safe conduct to Succatoo. Captains Clapperton and Pearce, and Dr. Morrison, landed at Badugry on. the 29th of that month in the best health and spirits, and with , high es pectations of success. The Dispatch; C.Apt. R. W. parson, arrived at Sierra Leone on the 28th of December from .; having on board his Majesty's Commissioners, Major Rowan and Mr. Wellington, and Captain Ressler and Victor oi,thii(iiii.l")! '4:::,:;; Engineers. The Albatross schooner, commanded by Lieutenant,' J r t.' , ll: Owen ' R. had also arrived ott..thq,;Zth. of 'January. vessel was . one of the surveying - squadkon new on the coast Of.. Africa. The Leven and Barracouta wereempleyed aurveying rivers and line of coast betweeh Sierra Leone and'the Cape: and when they had completed this duty, thUy,Were to,.continue their valuable labours as far as the River Gambia, which would be of inestimable value to Africa and its Cominerce. )11`1140/ W ~,: The Adventure surveying vise . , Capt. C. King, fitting out is • the River, will drop down to-day '4 tA)7alorio.,:in;a shortly pro ceed upon the interesting service for which t-lteisfiestined• W° understand that Captain King is to. survey cospt of. South America, from: the . mouth of the - Hio de is Plata to • this Strait' of Magellan, a region- hitherto but little explored, and, abounding with objects of the hililiest . .in4rest to Science in general. Captain King is eminently qualifieil for this under :taking.; Be is to have under his orderalbeJlingt/c•sloop, coin, manded by Captain Pringle Stokes; and there_intelligent Officers will, no doubt, •atld largely to our..ktiOW)eg e iu , flydrpgrAoy. Geology, and Natural Ilietory, attbe, to set at rest the question of the size of the inhahitartiasni PAtogonia. Lieut. Charles Elliot has been confirmed in the rank of Com mander of the Serapis at Jainaica,•itite Capt.'Botd invalided; and M. Swims Oxenhani in the rank of 'Lientenant, vice Elliot. Mr. H. T. Rowe bas been promoted to the :iank of Lieutenant of 'the Athol, vice Lieut. Hollaitd, appointed Agent on boara.:. the Friendlibury transpt.. , ) , ". 7 T4a 1 1 .0(.11'101 TA. i7.3TAVr 17 ' '` • •••!f,7inil:!l . Mr. Primrose Lyon, Surgeon, R.N., haa1.nr.A.APP9i4t0..!?,.4*.0t.11,, Cadmus, and Mr. Joshua Lilde, supernum erary Surgenne - sn)the Revenge flag-ship in the Aleditarranead. . . is supposed that his Majesty's ship Blond will convey the DIA* of Devonshire to St. Petersburgh., to attend the coronation of the Etnperor Nichohis. Gra proceed thi ther k it is said, tvai 4 i n . J! , orD ;ti IFTt M LOYD'&:I DEAL, APRIL 17. —Willa,. Politheily, light airs we, • the fleuriette, Sneeheck, theVrovitlet Ardley, forßengal; Chapinano—i r , t 4,, pr New South Wai l! 'Fancy, Porter, for Figueir apd ~the Hope t t ;n c e ,westward ; 5 p. m., an Aritericaii hiig,liame unknown, back. ORTSM 01711, APRIL 17,--Wind N.E.—Arrived the Carbo- Peir, Taggaittitoth Leghorn; TmUcis and Mary, Gray; Bedwell, Rod Ellen,Cox t .from d London ; the latter saile d again the for Honduras. flis gajetity 4 l ship Procris, from Chatham; an Mary, Watson, from Lbtilen, for Charente. APRIL N.,--Arrived the George the Fourth, Bailey, from Cette; and the Barrett, Metcalf, from Sierra Leone, sailed - the 11tH March, and lett there the Perseverance, Princess of Wales, Wanderer,'Ll6ydi, Sr. Afidrews, Gambia, and Cygriet; all well. FA LIfOt7SII, Aran. W. top, IST f N • AT.—Sailed die FAt. Concord, Robinson, for Gibraltar. Ltvzaroot., APRIL d..---Arind Jusen N. l k i r • W. avan, —Arrived the B ro th er s, Hill, from,New paeans; , C and Oagood, Gardner, from Savannah, sailed the 17th March ; the Favourite, -----, f r om Charleston; and the Cornhill, Riggs, froth d Palermo. NAVAL CHARITABLE SOCIETY. ,At the Quarterly Meeting held on Monday the 4.oth of this month, at the Thatched House Tavern, St. James's-street—Present, The Right Hon. Lord GaMbier, President—Vice-Admirals Sir Joseph S. Yorke, John Lawford, and M. H. Scott—Rear-M -miral J. T. Rodd—Lieut—Governor Bmwell—Captains Hon. G. H. L. Dundas, G. Wltiitiley, 'Dort. M‘Leod, Right lion. Lord. Radstock, J. F. Maples, James Bremner, R. Pettet, and Saumarez—Lieutenants T. Wilford, J. Marshall, R. N. Tyte, E. J. Piper, and Tuel&r—Pursers Jas. Daikie, Thos. Pownait —Doctors Bromley and. Kent—the Rev. Dr. Cole—Mr• •W. Aubrey, Etc. Eighty-live ,weie taken into c on s ideration, and of those 74 were relieved. with:672!. making with 8261. granted at the Quarterly "Meeting in January last, the sum of 14 )ST.. windi exceed the amount voted by the Society in a year prior to 1818. Committee deeply regetted the necessity of reducing the customary d o nations in several compassionate Cases, the funds of the Society being inadequ-ate t° meet the increasing and pressing claims of the WidO g - of a i o v n f a d r, donations Orphans n granted Naval uar ; 'er and the sums voted forr relief - tinting the ten years pOo r 11:1 a6 fli r c2re6re!hbieeefi.nclgo sTle9h,ecif9to2ttlia.e.l; and to the former period (1806 to 1816) amounting on l Y, to 7504/. THE ARMY. ..—...sesp..-- On Monday se'nnigbt a detachment of the 12th Rof 1 1r; cers halted here for the night, ,on their route to . 11 0 " 15°) " . Barracks, and was followed on Wednesday by fi che Tar} o°ol' ' and on Thursday, by the Staff a nd the remainder of the ! The appearance of the last detachment, entering with. t „,,, htqr f band of music playing, and with their lances topped with " al ' of dazzling hues, excited much admiration among the inhabitants ° Aylesbury, to whom a military spectacle is a rarity, ,fulft a il if l i „ d alr of such a brilliant kind was, to the most of the spectators, "!'",.'' The Regiment was proceeding for its tour of King's anty; Ir : °— Coventry and Birmingham, which, notwithstanding the P / ' *l : -. 1 mer tions of the workmen, during the prese nt season of com e mbarrassments, we are.glad to karn, was left in a tranquil stme --(Aylesbury Paper. ) . . The following movement; took p lace yesterday. from ;''tit' minster : Detachments belonging to the 46th and 54th ,menu Detachments 01.1°' fantry marched for C f hatham. WM Ditto, belonging to the 4th and I 1 th Regiments 0- t, at Dragoons, and the 16th Lancers, for the Cavalry Pe r Maidstone. tt Ea fu r Ditto, belonging to., the 6th arid 48th Regiments ,of.? Canterbury. . ofi n fantrit Ditto, belonging to the 36 th and 82d Regiments for Colchester. A detachment of the S3d Regiment of Foot, for Harwich. ww } I